Trump news – live: Series of explosive allegations made against president including accusations he asked China to help him win 2020 election
Donald Trump has been accused of asking China President Xi Jinping to help with his re-election efforts by purchasing more US farm products, the president's former national security adviser John Bolton claimed in his new book.
The explosive account comes after Joe Biden said Mr Trump "waved the white flag" instead of actively addressing the coronavirus pandemic that has taken over the United States. Mr Biden was not the only one critical of the president's response to Covid-19, as Mr Trump now trails the former vice president by 13 points in a new Reuter/Ispos poll released on Tuesday.
The president's poll numbers have plummeted amid the coronavirus pandemic and unrest across the country following the death of George Floyd. But his former press secretary Sean Spicer claimed the decline in poll numbers is because Mr Trump's supporters don't want to admit they will be voting for him come November.
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